graviter

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from New Latin gravitāre, from Latin gravitas.

Pronunciation[edit]

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Verb[edit]

graviter

  1. to orbit, gravitate

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From gravis (heavy) +‎ -ter.

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Adverb[edit]

graviter (comparative gravius, superlative gravissimē)

  1. heavily, weightily, ponderously
  2. strongly, violently
  3. (figuratively) severely, harshly

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References[edit]

  • graviter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • graviter”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • graviter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be seriously ill: vehementer, graviter aeogratare, iacēre
    • to sleep soundly (from fatigue): arte, graviter dormire (ex lassitudine)
    • I am pained, vexed, sorry: aegre, graviter, moleste fero aliquid (or with Acc. c. Inf. or quod)
    • to be discontented, vexed at a thing; to chafe: aegre, graviter, moleste, indigne ferre aliquid
    • to deal severely with a person: graviter consulere in aliquem (Liv. 8. 13)